Guild Wars 2

Theplayboy.6417:

Vol.5241:

All MMOs are a grind. If you don’t like that, go play an RTS or FPS.

Not entirely true. I would say that ALMOST all MMO’s are a grind. Guild Wars 1 was not a grind. Not for gear or weapons at least. The titles were a grind but in the end they didn’t mean anything other than showing your dedication to the game. In Guild Wars 2 you have to grind or you will be at a disavantage in both PvE and WvWvW. The PvE disadvantage isn’t too noticable but it’s on the fringe. As they introduce more Purples and start scaling the Red gear up, you will see a clear difference in future content. In WvWvW there is a very real and noticable gap.

untrue. There were several skills directly tied to your rank that were essential to certain builds

elementalist
edit: this class is not for everyone. With 4 attunements , it takes a while to learn and even longer to master

You can try reporting him for scamming or something similar, see if anet sympathizes. But, in my guild for example, only certain people have the ability to withdraw from stash but everyone has the ability to deposit.

CorruptedSave.2570:

Interwebster.7518:

Fractals was what i wanted to try out, but I only found one other person wanted to group up, and we just gave up.

Your best bet for finding fractal groups is by using gw2lfg.com. Quick and easy until they add the new LFG tool.

second this. I type once in map chat lfg or glf, then I post on gw2lfg.com. It’s the bestest. Also keep in mind that most times you enter LA you will be in an overflow server.

Esrever.8613:

Quick Mouse.7635:

If you right click on dugeon tokens, you will see a greyed out ‘deposit collectible’ option. They will most likely add space for these in the collectibles tab shortly

they better let you deposit at least 2000 because if its the usual 250, its a pointless addition.

agreed.

staff is better with precision and crit damage. You only have 1 fire skill that inflicts burning, and 1 earth skill that inflicts bleeds, making condition damage quite useless. Mix some condi damage in if you want, but don’t focus on it if you want to play staff.

If you right click on dugeon tokens, you will see a greyed out ‘deposit collectible’ option. They will most likely add space for these in the collectibles tab shortly

My tip: save up a bunch of rares and do them all at once so if you miss a couple salvages, it doesn’t feel like the end of the world. You will always get about 1 ecto per rare on average. This has never changed.

Guys world completion is BY FAR the easiest part of getting a legendary, and otherwise really serves no purpose. Be patient. Or, even better, be active in wvw and maybe you’ll capture that keep and get the poi you’re missing.

My two cents: The commander tag itself should change based on the merit of the commander. The icon should be more outstanding for commanders who have captured more keeps,towers,etc. and less pronounced for those new commanders. Kind of like the paragon levels in D3. Truly experienced commanders should have big, flowery commander icons to show their merit.
Either that or hovering your cursor over the commander icon should give you details about their abilities (towers/keeps captured, supply camps/caravans captured), as well as some sort of personalized rating system where you can upvote or downvote commanders you like or don’t like.

Currently, sPvP players who do not play in paid tournaments get the shaft in this game. Besides getting rank, there are no rewards for sPvP players. The only way an sPvP player can acquire anything from the gem store is by buying gems for real money, since sPvP offers no gold rewards. This is why I suggest being able to buy gems with glory. This system would be akin to gw1, where all forms of pvp gave balthazar faction, which you could use to buy zkeys and sell for a decent ammount of coin. Something like 5000 glory = 100 gems. Even for those of us who don’t want to strictly play sPvP, this offers a nice incentive to play since otherwise we feel like we’re wasting time that we could spend farming for our legendaries/ascended gear.

By far the best bug was from beta when you could jump while doing any /emote. Sadly, they removed this from the game T_T

The devs have already stated that legendary weapons will be rolled up to ascended stats once ascended weapons become available. patience, young padowan

If you reported the scammer, you should be getting your stuff back shortly and the scammer will be banned. At least that’s what I’ve heard happens in most cases. A few things to remember tho:
1) secure person to person trading will never be implemented into the game. This is to avoid having map chats completely filled with trade chat.
2) make sure your mail is empty when you trade person to person. I have almost been accused of scamming before until the person realized their mailbox was full xD

Guys, please keep in mind that a lot of people have alts parked on the rich ori vein in south sun cove, and just hop between alts to mine. Might seem like booting, but it’s not. I do this all the time.

ah yes, for gold→gems it would be nice if you could punch in the exact amount of gems you want. For the real money conversion, this will never change

I’m worried that any precursors we might get from said scavenger hunt may be instantly soul or account bound to avoid any potential exploits.

The thing with previews is that it often times won’t show all the details and particle effects

Is it still in the works? The reason I’m asking is that I’m getting close to the cost of buying The Legend off the TP, and I really, really don’t want to blow all that gold, just to have this system finally implemented in, say, the february patch.

this is in every real-money to in-game currency exchange. They force you to buy a certain number of gems, usually more than you need. That way they make more money

I don’t see a reason why I would roll staff and NOT take this trait
sorry for the double negative

I would totally pay for this

Jrunyon.3012:

Only if it comes with a /bonjour emote.

I lol’d

I all seriousness though, I have thought about something similar myself but it is not necessary and also besides the point. If you wait a week for the wvw resets, your server will often switch sides, allowing you to get completion you couldn’t get while it was enemy territory. You can also organize and army and take the points you couldn’t get by yourself :P Worse comes to worse you can always switch servers. Just take note of who red/green/blue are.

its not so much the fact that they don’t move around much, although this does make them less life-like and threatening. It’s that for each dragon there are some spots where you can stand and pew pew them without taking any/little damage. The first phase of jormag for example; you just stand on the edges of the ramp and nothing will hit you while you take down the wall with charrzookas. This phase would be a lot more fun if you actually had to dodge his attacks.

i would also like a an easier way to equip the second ring and earring on your character, rather than having to open up the hero panel and dragging them over. If there is a way, would someone tell me please

I might be useful if we could include a short description (put a char limit) of what kinds of things the bots are doing/exploiting so that ante could get a better idea of where to look for bots.

My client keeps crashing if i try to switch characters while I am downed or dead.

Yep, crafting or TP (or drops/chests). The ancient karka event gave an exotic ring, and fotm has chance to give ascended rings at the higher levels. Map completions can give exotic rings as well. That’s about it. If you don’t want to level crafting, you can get a friend to craft them for you

Loved GvG in gw1. Probably the funnest pvp of any game. Loved the pve, despite the max party 8 mechanics. Loved to solo, and run dungeons for mad $$$$ on my monk. Still love gw2, despite lacking in the solo department and the gvg department. Observer mode is something they are working on (so they say).

Edit: Miss my monk like omfg

Yes and no. If you’re just playing for the sake of playing this awesome game, then no. If you’re really focused on getting a legendary and a full set of (infused) ascended gear then kind of, but not really; considering the cost of said gear, gearing an alt with exotics is a drop in the pond.

The legend. I want the legend. Please give it to me

Clark Skinner.4902:

I don’t believe anyone who says they get 2 rares and sometimes a corrupted lodestone from each dragon.

I have gotten 2 lodestones in about 30 Jormags (actually 1 was underwater so that was apart from him). And rares are less common in chests. I’d agree with the 50% chance to get a rare overall including adds. Never gotten an exotic ever, even with about 130% mf.

You can believe anything you want. Just because it hasn’t happened to you, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen

Not sure what you’re talking about. I play staff ele and never have a problem targeting my aoe skills. Do you have the autocast ground-targeting option on? I would turn it off, because then you can see a green circle where you are targeting the skill before you use it.

I do. I usually get a couple rares and maybe a lodestone or exotic from jormag event. Here’s a dragon timer for you.

http://guildwarstemple.com/dragontimer/

Berserkers in a dungeon is really bad. I know first hand. Berserkers in wvw is great, esp as a staff ele.

I think the combat system is great. Like the stacks of defiant for example. People need to be able to coordinate their ccs to actually interrupt a boss. Which makes perfect sense when you think about it.
I think a lot of the boss mechanics in dungeons and fractals are a lot of fun.
The thing that I think shows the most promise in terms of developing really interesting mechanics is environmental weapons, which they are only now really starting to explore the possibilities with some of the fractal mechanics.

Raine.1394:

Someone preferring D3 to GW2 can’t really complain about GW2 drop rates (or quality of the drops). Know what I mean, nudge, nudge, say no more.

I originally quit D3 for GW2 since I was sick of having to regear every patch (plus I was super excited for it’s release, having played every BWE). Then Gw2 did the same thing and so I went back to D3 to regear since it would be easier lol.

Also, is this the Raine from gw1?

Bullfrog.1324:

I would like to see the waypoint costs for the zone you’re currently in be reduced to zero. I hate being on the other side of the map when a Champion event comes up, and having to decide if it’s worth it to port over and help. I don’t mind paying to port to other zones.

I wholeheartedly agree with any cost change that cuts down on the number of loading screens I sit through, and your suggestion makes a lot of sense.

I originally thought the same thing for the same reasons. But then I realized that this would discourage exploration even further because people would never want to leave a given area.

Dogblaster.6713:

Quick Mouse.7635:

I love gw1 and gw2 very much. I have played 7000hrs and about 1000hrs respectively. Lately however I have only been logging on a couple days a week, doing the daily in WvW to get some of the karma+badges I need. I’ve actually gone back and been playing D3 lately (sad, right? i know). I realized three things really irk me.

1) LFG for dungeons – really needs to be fixed. With so many people on so many different fractal levels and no one wanting to do a lvl lower than theirs, I waste hours trying to find a group, often just giving up in the end.

2) Precursors – For those not lucky enough to get a drop from the ancient karka or to have enough gold to buy their precursor at the time, it seems like they have to choose: do you want to get your legendary? or do you want to get your ascended gear? Because most people can’t get both. This wouldn’t be a problem if they implemented the ‘scavenger hunt’ to obtain precursors like they promised, instead of handing out precursors to 10% of the community during the ancient karka event, and stiffing the other 90% of the community with lvl 78 exotics.

3) Drop rates – During the lost shores event weekend, fractals was raining rares on me. Which was great, especially since they don’t have a gold reward at the end like other dungeons. After the event was over, they OBVIOUSLY nerfed the drop rates into the ground. When you design a game that requires an epic amount of grinding at the end-game, then nerf drop rates and introduce diminishing returns on everything, you’re going to piss a lot of people off.

I will continue to play the game semi-regularly, but until these things are fixed I don’t really feel like I’m getting anywhere when I log in.

Post if you agree/disagree

TL;DR: If they fixed LFG system, made precursors reasonable to achieve, and stopped nerfing every method of making gold, I would play A LOT more.

Do anyone force you to play? Why do you need to create another topic like this, players like you did already created them, post there.

I dont have problem with finding the dungeon group and I ve done 250+ explorable modes. But ye LFG tool wont hurt.

For your second problem about precursors, legendary, ascended. Legendary weapons are ment to be crafted by 5% of players .Yes 5% … So why do you think that Areanet should help everyone everyone to craft one? Why do you think that everyone should have Legendary? Either you gor Legendary, collect material and gold for months, years or just go Ascended if you dont care and btw are you at 30+ Fractals already? Because what is the reason you to want ascended back pack or 30+ Agony resistance

Last your problem is about the drops. Dont see any problem here … FRACTALS are not to be some dungeon that you run for rares, exotics. They were created for players who to progress something, those who wants to go the highest difficulty possible. I dont think they should give you 10 rares for one dungoen here. Anyways my friend dropped 7 rares and 1 exotic from fractal daily 30.

If you dont want to play just keep it to yourself man, dont need to create another topic for this one.

No, you’re right, no one is forcing me to play. I’m sorry if I offended you.
Does a person who has played for 20 hours, logged in to do the ancient karka event and got a precursor deserve that precursor? No.
Should I need to spam for hours in LA for a fractal group, while getting constantly suppressed for ‘excessive message’ when I post twice in 5min? No.
Should they have nerfed drop rates into the ground without saying anything, especially since there are no gold rewards for completing the fractal? No.
Everything I am posting here is a valid concern and things that are highly demotivating to players throughout the game. This was never an ‘Im quitting post’, I will probably never quit the game; I love it too much. This was a ‘these things need to be fixed’ post. That’s what forums are for.

Arisal.9740:

Use this for LFG tool until they get it implemented in game: http://gw2lfg.com/

Haven’t used that yet. I’ll check it out. It’s sad that we need to use third party websites to form groups

I love gw1 and gw2 very much. I have played 7000hrs and about 1000hrs respectively. Lately however I have only been logging on a couple days a week, doing the daily in WvW to get some of the karma+badges I need. I’ve actually gone back and been playing D3 lately (sad, right? i know). I realized three things really irk me.

1) LFG for dungeons – really needs to be fixed. With so many people on so many different fractal levels and no one wanting to do a lvl lower than theirs, I waste hours trying to find a group, often just giving up in the end.

2) Precursors – For those not lucky enough to get a drop from the ancient karka or to have enough gold to buy their precursor at the time, it seems like they have to choose: do you want to get your legendary? or do you want to get your ascended gear? Because most people can’t get both. This wouldn’t be a problem if they implemented the ‘scavenger hunt’ to obtain precursors like they promised, instead of handing out precursors to 10% of the community during the ancient karka event, and stiffing the other 90% of the community with lvl 78 exotics.

3) Drop rates – During the lost shores event weekend, fractals was raining rares on me. Which was great, especially since they don’t have a gold reward at the end like other dungeons. After the event was over, they OBVIOUSLY nerfed the drop rates into the ground. When you design a game that requires an epic amount of grinding at the end-game, then nerf drop rates and introduce diminishing returns on everything, you’re going to piss a lot of people off.

I will continue to play the game semi-regularly, but until these things are fixed I don’t really feel like I’m getting anywhere when I log in.

Post if you agree/disagree

TL;DR: If they fixed LFG system, made precursors reasonable to achieve, and stopped nerfing every method of making gold, I would play A LOT more.

never had this problem. Either it’s a bug or you’re doing it wrong.

honestly this wasn’t so much about legendaries as it was the ascended gear. But crafting ascended gear uses the mats that you’ve been saving for the legendary. You can’t make casuals become hardcore players when they have lives outside of gws. Giving a CHANCE to get t6 mats from the dailies does close the gap, because people who can only log in for an hour a day will still get a chance to get some mats. Whereas at the moment a lot of casuals have to choose between doing the daily, with its guaranteed reward, and farming for an hour which often yields nothing worth anything.

go to WvW. Get all your daily achievements in one place

KICKER.3874:

So are YOU doing your maps to completion? I don`t think any casual needs nor deserves a legendary. I myself probably won`t get one any time soon and that`s fine, I`m not putting in the dedication needed so I won`t have it, it`s THAT easy.

Edit for spelling

Yes I have done 100% world completion.

I got most of my exotic armor from dungeons (minus accessories). I’ve played 700+ hours since release. In my stash I have less than 20 t6 mats of each type (besides ancient bone ofc). You need 250 of any type for EACH ascended item (barring those that drop). That’s pretty insane imo. I’m not asking to be ‘given’ anything. Adding a CHANCE to get t6 mats from dailies would net me maybe 10-40 t6 mats per month if I did every daily and got pretty lucky. Hardly game-breaking, but it does make acquiring ascended items a little more realistic for people who don’t have time to farm 6+ hours a day.

It definitely would close the gap since casual players, who cannot farm 6-8 hours a day, would still get some of the t6 mats that would normally take several hours of farming to even see one drop. And by casual I mean someone who plays less than 3 hours a day, not someone who doesn’t care about the game.
I absolutely love this game and would not leave for any reason. But at my current rate it would take me 2-3 YEARS to get a full set of ascended gear or legendary item. That is simply too long to be reasonable imo. Legendary, sure, maybe, but for ascended gear too? I don’t really think that’s fair.

You can, but currently there is a bug when transmuting items where the ascended/legendary item no longer retains its status as legendary/ascended. This makes it impossible to upgrade the ascended to the infused type, and makes the legendary skin be not recognized as a legendary.

KICKER.3874:

So you`ll have a stack of normal ectoplasms and another stack of account bound ectoplasms ? What`s happening in the crafting window, do I have to choose if I want to use normal or account bound mats? What if I have 3 account bound and 2 normal mats for an item that needs 5 ? Is my item going to be account bound?

No thank you. Bad idea.

What do you need legendaries for anyway? Do you have every single item exotic and have nothing more to upgrade? I really doubt it.

There was no mention of making account bound crafting mats. I’m not sure where you got that idea from.

Edit: When I said the daily achievement is account-bound, I meant getting the achievement can only be done once per account per day. The crafting materials themselves would never be account bound. Anet can still limit the availability of t6 mats without having to change drop rates or introducing things that could be exploited.

I’m not talking about eles getting mesmer skills, and vice versa. I’m talking about every class getting a set of weapon skills for each weapon type.